Lusa - Business News - Portugal: Economy grows 2.35% on year in second quarter - INE

Lisbon, Aug. 14 (Lusa) - Year-on-year growth of the Portuguese economy increased in the second quarter, to 2.3%, and by 0.5% compared to the previous quarter, the National Statistics Institute (INE) said.
According to a flash estimate published on Tuesday, Portugal's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) posted growth of 2.3% in the second quarter of the year against the same quarter of 2017 and 0.5% against the previous quarter, which was higher than the on year growth of 2.1% and on quarter growth of 0.4% seen in the first quarter of the year.